Improvement in wacom-brakes



ADAM SNYDER.

improvement inWagon Brake.

NG. 124,636. v `Patented March12,.1822,

UNITED S'rAfrns PATENT @Trron ADAM sNYDER, or Knox TOWNSHIP, oHio.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-BRAKES.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that ADAM SNYDER, of Knox township, in the county of Vinton and State of Ohio, has invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wagon, Buggy, or Express Brakes and he does hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference In the accompan yin g drawing illustrating thi s4 invention, A represents the bottom of a Wagon, carriage, or other vehicle. B represents the hind wheels, and G the hind axle. D designates the hubs of the Wheels B, each of which is provided on the inside of the Wheel with a Wheel, E, having a double-beveled circumferential groove, c; or, instead of a wheel, a pair of beveled anges, turned in constructing the hub. F indicates the brake-shoes, which are shaped to fit the grooves e. They are attached to Jthe outer ends of arms Gr, Which are pivoted to the Wagon-hounds H, and, crossing each other below the reach-pole I, are coupled to rods J, which are connected to studs or cranks-k projecting from a transverse shaft, L. The latter is journaled in loops or boxes l, and is provided With an Operating-handle, l1, engaging With a rack, Z2, on the side of the Wagon. The moving of the handle Z1 throws the shoes into or out of contact with the grooved Wheels. M indicates shackles on the rods J, which are of use for the purpose of regulating the tension of the brake.

The grooved Wheels may be made removable, so that when Worn they may be replaced. Their utilit)T is obvious. Being grooved,they give a better purchase to the brake-shoes andallow more force to be applied in arresting the revo.

Vitnesses:

D. J. (DANNY, Jr., ANGUs McCov. 

